Latest

Would putting a spike in the middle of your steering wheel make you safer?

Risk compensation is irony encapsulated; the more measures that are taken to ensure people’s safety, the more dangerously people will act to make up for it. Perhaps people are just designed to seek a certain level of risk. And yet, safety measures are good things. Sure, they can be overdone, but everyone likes their staircases…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 3

Cell Phones Don’t Crash Airplanes

No one wants their plane to crash, and no one wants to cause a scene during a flight. So, diligent passengers that we are, we turn off our gadgets when we’re told to. But no one’s dying if you don’t. If you were on a flight a few years ago, the pre-flight spiel likely included…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 3

Google’s Android Robot Goes Under a Gross Surgery for the PSP Phone

The cute and cuddly green Android Robot isn’t supposed to go through torture like this. In a commercial for the Xperia Play, the PSP Phone, the adorable robot gets human thumbs sewn onto him in a seedy back alley. Gross. Even with everything we know about the Xperia Play, disgusting commercial to boot, it still…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 3

Is this the most archetypal 1970s science fiction book cover?

Amazing fashions, including catsuits and furry vests, adorn the hep cats in this spaceport. This image, by artist Jim Burns, appeared on the cover of several science fiction books in the 1970s, including Burns’ own Planet Story, with text by Harry Harrison. Frequently cropped in various ways, so that only some of the random ensemble…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 3

Burglary 101: Don’t Leave Your Cellphone Charging at the Victims’ House

We’ve seen dumb criminals before, but charging your cellphone whilst you rifle through the homeowners’ jewellery? If said homeowner returns home and scares you, there’s not much hope of recovering your phone—and your innocence!—now, is there? [Washington Post]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 3

Huge cricket-like insect hasn’t evolved in over 100 million years

The splay-footed cricket is one of the biggest, most scary-looking insects, and it’s been that way for a long, long time. A fossil recently uncovered in Brazil reveals these crickets have looked more or less exactly the same since the time of the dinosaurs. Clearly, these insects don’t adapt – they make the world adapt…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 3

All the NSFW stuff we couldn’t show you from the Star Trek: TNG porn movie

Want to see all the NSFW naughtiness that we couldn’t show you from the new Star Trek: The Next Generation porn movie? There are tons of X-rated photos over at our sister site, Fleshbot, including what appears to be a hookup between Geordie and Dr. Leah Brahms… But warning: It’s very NSFW. [Fleshbot]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 3

Stare into the sweet but deadly eyes of teenage assassin Hanna

Joe Wright won our hearts with his past films Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. But his next film unleashes his violent side, via neck-snapping bioengineered teen assassin Hanna, played by Saoirse Ronan. Watch as she goes on a slaughtering spree in this new international trailer. Synopsis: Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 3

Foursquare for Sex Will Be the Downfall of Civilization (NSFW)

Some things—like vaginas—are better left un-checked in to. [College Humor]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 3

The JVC GX-PX1 Is a Great Looking Hybrid Camera

Inside the JVC GX-PX1’s gigantic barrel and thin, slim body is a promising camera and camcorder hybrid. There’s a 10x optical zoom, 10-megapixel camera, 1080/60p HD video recording at up to 36Mbps, and can shoot at 60fps at 5.7-megapixels. The 3-inch LCD swivels and the camera comes with 32GB of internal memory. No price or…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 3

Get a 25″ HP 2509m LCD Monitor for $220

Get a 25″ HP 2509m Diagonal Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor for only $220 (with free shipping). That’s 37% off! Many more deals below. Sort by: CategoryPrice (Low to High)Price (High to Low)Free Only Top Deals • 14″ Lenovo G460 Core i3 Laptop, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD for $499 with free shipping (normally $749 {Savings…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Feb 3

What Is The Singularity And Will You Live To See It?

If you read any science fiction or futurism, you’ve probably heard people using the term “singularity” to describe the world of tomorrow. But what exactly does it mean, and where does the idea come from? We answer in today’s io9 flashback. What is the singularity? The term singularity describes the moment when a civilization changes…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 3

Egyptian Government Forcing Propaganda Over SMS

With protests in Egypt getting uglier by the day, we now know that the government has been forcing Vodafone to send its customers politically-charged text messages. One, translated: “The Armed Forces…will not resort to using force against this great nation.” An Egyptian Vodafone subscriber is posting screenshots of the messages on Flickr and translating them…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 3

How life is imitating science fiction in Egypt

Walter Jon Williams’ Deep State, out next week, picks up the themes of viral marketing and social media from his previous novel This Is Not A Game. And a lot of the stuff that Williams wrote about is very similar to what’s been happening in Egypt and Tunisia. Is Williams a prophet of the internet…

io9 Walter Jon Williams Feb 3

Russia Building Its Own Super-Mysterious Robotic Space Plane

Remember the US military’s shadowy, unmanned X-37B? Well Russia won’t just sit there and let us be the only ones flying shadowy robot planes into space—they’re building their own, and it’s even more shadowy. Just how mysterious is this mystery-spacecraft? So mysterious that there isn’t a single image of it, and it has no name.…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle Feb 3

What new female character did Joss Whedon add to The Avengers?

Nick Fury will be getting an awesome new female sidekick in The Avengers, according to Samuel L. Jackson. But who? And what cool female character from Avengers lore could director Joss Whedon be drawing on? The trades have started leaking the names of auditioning actresses, including Morena Baccarin! We pooled the clues from the rumored…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 3

The Macintosh Inventor’s Last Gift

As the man who spearheaded the Macintosh project in the late 70s, Jef Raskin helped define how we think of computer interfaces. At Fast Company, his son gives a loving tribute to the man who lived and died through design. Aza Raskin‘s report from his father’s last few months teaches us both about the man…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 3

Thanko Should Really Be Locked Away for Inhumane Treatment of Models

You can just imagine the photographer urging on this poor Japanese man, who’s modelling the season’s latest USB-accessories. “More rawr, I said! We want realism, not shame! You’re meant to be breathing easier with that mask on!” [Thanko via SlashGear]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 3

The tiny island of Sark is a window back to the Middle Ages – and that’s good for science

Sark is a tiny, car-free island in the English Channel that didn’t fully get rid of feudalism until 2008. Its nights are so reliably dark that it’s just been named the world’s first “dark sky island”, making the island one giant observatory for looking up at the night sky without any light pollution to get…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 3

There’s a Hole in This Whiskey Glass

I butcher my whiskey with rocks. I know, I’m sorry. But! If I had this whiskey glass I probably wouldn’t. Why? Because there’s a freaking hole inside the glass. Apparently, the hole will make you appreciate whiskey more. Called L’Art de la Dégustation, the glasses were designed by Kacper Hamilton (the guy behind the “deadly”…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 3

Would putting a spike in the middle of your steering wheel make you safer?

Cell Phones Don’t Crash Airplanes

Google’s Android Robot Goes Under a Gross Surgery for the PSP Phone

Is this the most archetypal 1970s science fiction book cover?

Burglary 101: Don’t Leave Your Cellphone Charging at the Victims’ House

Huge cricket-like insect hasn’t evolved in over 100 million years

All the NSFW stuff we couldn’t show you from the Star Trek: TNG porn movie

Stare into the sweet but deadly eyes of teenage assassin Hanna

Foursquare for Sex Will Be the Downfall of Civilization (NSFW)

The JVC GX-PX1 Is a Great Looking Hybrid Camera

Get a 25″ HP 2509m LCD Monitor for $220

What Is The Singularity And Will You Live To See It?

Egyptian Government Forcing Propaganda Over SMS

How life is imitating science fiction in Egypt

Russia Building Its Own Super-Mysterious Robotic Space Plane

What new female character did Joss Whedon add to The Avengers?

The Macintosh Inventor’s Last Gift

Thanko Should Really Be Locked Away for Inhumane Treatment of Models

The tiny island of Sark is a window back to the Middle Ages – and that’s good for science

There’s a Hole in This Whiskey Glass

Latest news

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Touchscreen Laptop Is Now Cheaper Than an Entry-Level iPad at Best Buy

Polaroid’s New Hi-Print for Phone Photos Doubles as a Freestanding Frame

Researchers Turned Acid From Car Batteries Into Something Surprisingly Useful

‘Starfleet Academy’ Star Karim Diané Is Heading to IDW’s ‘Star Trek’ Pride Comic (Exclusive)

Artemis 2 Day 7: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

A Cure for Knee Arthritis? It May Be Closer Than You Think

Dyson Car+Boat Handheld Vacuum Is Now the Cheapest Entry into the Brand at an All-Time Low, Cordless and Lightweight Cleaner for Less

Meta Hopes a Hide-and-Seek App Will Convince You to Buy Its Smart Glasses

Latest Reviews

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

Let us help find what you are looking for...